[spiderfarmer]

At what point does the term “regime” become an accurate description of that government rather than a derogatory label?

[p_j_w]

When their agents execute people in the street with no repercussions.

[autoexec]

In that case I can't think of time my country hasn't been a regime I guess. Police have pretty much always been executing people in the streets without repercussions. Although there has been a small amount of progress recently, these days they do it on camera and still face zero repercussions much of the time.

[tempodox]

Are you suggesting that an accurate description would not be derogatory?

[wiml]

"Regime" is mostly derogatory among the terminally online. It's an accurate description of any government, regulatory system, zone of applicability of a natural law, etc etc.

[kgwxd]

Long, long time ago. Accuracy don't matter to enough people though.